In this video blog, Guy talks about why it is so important to work at spending more and more time each day attending to our interior lives.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about the life-saving wisdom of becoming aware of the various thoughts, feelings and states that move through us, rather than wasting our energy…[more]
When at last we see how our present sense of self is little more than a derivative of relationships with things outside of us, and realize that most of our…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the difference between being completely passive to life's movements, and being properly active in the moment, which involves listening intently to what the…[more]
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how real revelation of the truth of ourselves transforms the character that has been revealed.
The only way it's possible to truly deliver ourselves from the punishment of our own self-wrecking thoughts is to begin awakening to their hidden cause within us.
As we become more self-aware, a whole new order of understanding dawns.
One sure measure of spiritual growth is found in our developing awareness that each and every present moment of our lives is a special kind of spiritual looking glass.
In this short talk Guy explains how each moment of life is made for anyone and everyone who is present to it. If you are not in this moment, you…[more]
Real freedom isn't subject to how others estimate our value; it is in realizing that none are free who find their sense of worth wondering how others measure their lives.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about a new action we can take to find freedom from negative states.
In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about why the mind is always so busy thinking about itself, and how becoming aware of its mechanical activity is the beginning of…[more]
We are meant to take part in God's life through awareness of the freedom it continually reveals.
Anxious thoughts and feelings keep us a prisoner in the world of their empty promises.
You'll never know how forgetful of your self you are until you make the smallest effort to be self-remembering.
The awareness of our living relationship with the present moment empowers us to know what's best for us without having to think about it.
We have been the unwitting servants of a thought nature whose appetite is unappeasable.
Our attention connects us to life; it establishes our relationships with all that unfolds around and within us.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can use everything that we encounter in our relationships with others to change ourselves.
The sky is forever. And so is your true nature.
We have the capacity to stop making ourselves powerless by waking up to having put ourselves where our powers are stolen from us.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how self-knowledge is essential for any human being who longs to be in relationship with a higher order of life that is everlastingly…[more]
Every time we accept a negative state we compromise ourselves and increase the level of conflict for ourselves and everyone we meet.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how we can stop cooperating with what wants to drag us down and open ourselves up to a greater life that is free…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about a bright new relationship with life that is available to us when we are willing to drop our painful demands and wait for…[more]
Your awareness of troubled thoughts and feelings, explains Guy Finley, is the power that keeps their harmful and self-limiting influences from having control over you.
Nothing seems harder to accept than the fact that we are responsible for so much of what proves to be unnecessary suffering. But we must challenge this involuntary, often intractable…[more]
Here is a particularly vital idea for those of us who are tired of finding ourselves a surprised victim of our own actions: in this world of ours *response is…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how our experience of life is a direct reflection of the kind of psychological company that we keep.
In this podcast, Guy Finley tells a timeless story that underscores the need we have as human beings to know our true nature.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the difference between true feelings born of real relationship, and imaginary feelings that carry us away from the present moment.
We all know what it is like to be held captive of the little things in life -- those petty concerns and small desires that steal their way into how…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley describes a new kind of interior, conscious resolve in which a person ceases to tolerate the deceptive demands of negative states.
Darkness, in whatever form we experience it, explains Guy Finley, only exists in the absence of light.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how true beauty is never absent from our lives, even in the midst of a troubling moment.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the importance of being ceaselessly attentive to the activity of your own mind, which makes it possible for you to be the one…[more]
Our own mistaken perceptions, explains Guy Finley, literally produce the enemies needed to stay alive.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about a beautiful kind of higher certainty that can come into your life in which it is impossible to ever again have one more…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about our present level of mind that spends its energy trying to resolve the very problems that it creates.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about what it would mean to allow every impression that touches your heart and mind to stir you as it is intended.
Guy Finley reminds us that you do not have to accept any condition that compromises your happiness.
We have within us, explains Guy Finley, a very special part of ourselves within which we may be at peace regardless of what goes on around us.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the immense difference between a life spent accumulating possessions, and a life in which an individual allows something higher to take possession of…[more]
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about the subtle difference between becoming the embodiment of a thought or feeling that passes through you, and being fully aware of its presence…[more]
Guy Finley explains that we should do what's in our power and refuse to be discouraged about anything else.
In this special podcast, Guy Finley talks about how a higher awareness of "our world" makes it impossible to punish, judge or be against another person.
On one hand we are made to live out our physical existence in the world of passing time. This is the world we are all familiar with. It is the…[more]
We are deceived whenever we find ourselves feverishly thinking through "all the possibilities" stirred up by a fearful moment, because the only possibility any of these fearful thoughts hold is…[more]
Each of us is created to be the Light of the world, explains Guy Finley.
When we stop giving our life energy to any moment which seems overpowering, explains Guy Finley, it loses its illusion of power.
Our purpose in life, explains Guy Finley, should be to challenge and rise above every wrong feeling by finding the higher ground within.
In this podcast, best-selling author Guy Finley talks about how our experience of life is a direct result of what we spend our time attending to.
Guy Finley explains that it's what we do inwardly -- with what takes place outwardly -- that alone has the power to transform our lives.
Guy Finley discusses the "Lighter" -- secretly bright -- side of uncertainty, and reveals how our True Nature can lift us above the fear and worry that would pull us…[more]
In this extraordinary new podcast, Guy Finley talks about the difference between real freedom and the search for freedom born out of trying to escape a negative state.
In this podcast, Guy Finley explains why pure awareness is the only answer for fear, frustration, anxiety, stress, anger, or any other life-stealing negative state.
If we want a whole life, explains Guy Finley, we must be whole human beings.
Compassion starts with the understanding that every human being on the planet looks different from us -- because physically we are different -- but inwardly we all live in the…[more]
Never again look for a way out of any anxious condition, explains Guy Finley. Look instead for a way to see through it.
Your experience of this world, explains Guy Finley, is determined by how you think toward it.
In this podcast, Guy Finley reveals how individuals can cease being distressed by the ups-and-downs of life by becoming aware of the opposites in action.
Real power, explains Guy Finley, is knowing we already possess everything we need to succeed in the moment, as we would wish it.
We literally give negative states a place to live in our psychic system, explains Guy Finley, by trying to rid ourselves of them in the usual ways.
Our experience of any passing event -- for the pain or pleasure of it, explains Guy Finley -- is the product of how we see it.
Guy Finley discusses panic attacks and the fearful, mechanical thoughts that terrorize an unawakened mind. Learn the secret of knowing that all is well when you realize the truth that…[more]
Real fearlessness, explains Guy Finley, comes with knowing that we have everything we need to succeed in the same moment that it's needed.
If you want to leave the world of feeling sorry for yourself, explains Guy Finley, the only way to leave it is by not thinking about what a sad sack…[more]
Which would you rather have, asks Guy Finley: a big fire hose with a hydrant and a fire to put out every day, or a life without fires in them?
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how our minds react to what Truth is revealing within us.
The false self is trying endlessly to get your attention, explains Guy Finley, in order to point out to you that there is something missing in your life.
In this podcast, Guy Finley talks about how there is nothing more important than to Be Awake.
We value negative states, explains Guy Finley, because of the strong sense of self we get from them.
One reason why negative states sneak in so easily to steal our peace, explains Guy Finley, is that we have been conditioned to believe in their right to punish us.
When feel pain, we tend to take it personally and feel like we are the only ones in the world who are suffering. That seems like the natural thing to…[more]
Popular today is the phrase "be true to yourself." But what in the world does that actually mean? In this podcast, Guy Finley explains the True meaning of this popular…[more]
We as human beings have settled for far too little. The fact is that we do not know the unrealized potential that exists within each and every one of us.…[more]
In this audio clip, Guy Finley reveals why it is so important to wake up and come back to the present moment, instead of being lost in a dream.
Tired of going in painful circles in your life? In this talk Guy Finley reveals the secret of finally moving out of what may feel like a meaningless existence into…[more]
If fall signals the retreat of nature -- as when the last leaves fall from the trees and countless creatures crawl into nooks and crannies to pass through the bone-chilling…[more]
One of the important aspects of this Work, explains Guy Finley, is beginning to employ its principles in our everyday lives.
You may not be able to think your way out of a nagging problem, says Guy Finley, but you can see your way clear of it.
Guy Finley urges us to see through false illusions that keep us from letting go.
We are here on earth, explains Guy Finley, to grow beyond the limiting influences of our own unawakened nature.
Drop whatever would define and limit you, explains Guy Finley, by bringing yourself back into the great and unconditioned Now where all is one.
Awareness is a living and intelligent feature, explains Guy Finley, of the ever-present Now within which it dwells.
We don't ever have to worry about happy endings to any of our life stories, explains Guy Finley, if we're awake enough to refuse all unhappy beginnings.
Guy Finley provides a deeper understanding of what drives us into loneliness and despair and how we find freedom from these negative states. Learn about growing spiritually by recognizing and…[more]
**The more I think I know about true spirituality, the more I become easily aggravated by the behavior of others, especially when I hear someone make an obviously false (spiritually)…[more]
Guy Finley explains how you don't throw a stone into a pond to get rid of a ripple.
One of the most shocking and necessary discoveries along the path, explains Guy Finley, is that what we love does not love us
Guy Finley discusses the discontentment that arises from the perpetual measuring of ourselves against others, and the internal conflict that is bred through self-comparison.
If inner dialogues were left to themselves as they popped into our mind, explains Guy Finley, they'd be as powerless to disturb us as an echo is to change its…[more]
Guy Finley explains how our perception produces what we experience.
When the false self throws terrifying shadows, says Guy Finley, you must work to cast Inner Light.
When you don't -- when you consciously won't -- express some negative state, explains Guy Finley, you are literally asking for awareness of a Higher Self.
Fighting the storm by resisting its winds and rain, explains Guy Finley, will do no good.
Guy Finley explains how living from a mind that automatically assumes suffering is real, gives you no choice other than to remain a perpetual victim.
Use the powerful principles presented in this talk to step out of the pain-filled worlds of imagination, and into the one True world of authentic inner-peace.
Like the invisible winds that move the branches on the trees, explains Guy Finley, we live in a world of an unseen, but ceaseless, flood of thoughts and feelings.
We punish ourselves with unhappy feelings, explains Guy Finley, because we've been tricked into thinking self-hurt is self-help.
Barring those moments when we find ourselves in real physical danger, conditions, of themselves, have absolutely no authority over us. It's true. No event or circumstance has any power to…[more]
The less pain we have over what life appears to deny us, explains Guy Finley, the more at peace we naturally become with ourselves.
Working with self-observation, we can actually see, explains Guy Finley, that these self-compromising thoughts are just that: thoughts.
Guy Finley discusses failure, rejection, and the stress-filled darkness of feeling forsaken or unworthy. Learn what it means to have your own life and to move past the conviction that…[more]
The discontented nature, explains Guy Finley, always requires that something be wrong in order for it to set it right.
Learning to step out of the rush, explains Guy Finley, is the same as learning how to step into your own life.
The only power negativity has over us, explains Guy Finley, is the power we give it.
Guy Finley explains that we must never do anything about our discontentment because it's not really ours.
Learn the truth aboout the law of attraction.
Guy Finley reminds us that no negative state wants what is right for you.
It's only what you do right this moment, right Now, explains Guy Finley, that's the seed of personal change.
Negative emotions cannot exist, explains Guy Finley, without having something to blame for their punishing presence.
Guy Finley explores how it is that you can make yourself miserable but you can't make yourself happy.
If we could only become quiet enough to listen anew, explains Guy Finley, we would learn that peace is a gift given freely to each of us, right where we…[more]
We must no longer lend ourselves, explains Guy Finley, to the will of any dark state looking to use us as its vehicle.
Guy Finley explains that our experience of life moment-to-moment is, in fact, what we have asked for.
Guy Finley helps us to see that "scary" life-moments are as powerless to punish us as is a make-believe monster on the movie screen.
Guy Finley explains that any part of us trying to drag us into a heated stew over "who" or "what" should be blamed for our pain is secretly working to…[more]
Guy Finley reminds us that happiness, love, peace, compassion, and contentment are timeless states of being in the Now.
Understanding that we are not our thoughts and feelings, explains Guy Finley, is the first step towards stopping them from ruling our lives.
Guy Finley gives insight into how to get past feeling overwhelmed by what needs to be done and set about the task of doing our work.
Before we can learn to free ourselves from our own fearful reactions to unwanted events, explains Guy Finley, we must realize just how worthless fear actually is.
Guy Finley discusses our relationship with the food we eat and how unconscious appetites keep us from developing a love for the one relationship that can fulfill our need for…[more]
To enter the silent world of peace, explains Guy Finley, requires that we learn the secret of being still.
Guy Finley discusses the path to true self-transformation, of growing beyond the nature in us that re-configures itself based on images from the past.
Guy Finley speaks about understanding the nature of discontentment and how to rise above its limiting influence (continued).
Learn to look at all difficult moments as opportunities to come awake to yourself, explains Guy Finley, and a place from which you can practice stepping outside of stressful thoughts.
Negative states born of nothing other than conflict-filled, comparative thinking, explains Guy Finley, steal into us to squander our peace one hundred times a day.
If we can see, explains Guy Finley, how positive inner states lead to positive life experiences, then we can also see that negative inner states must attract negative results.
True silence is not just the absence of noise, explains Guy Finley; it is a kind of spiritual medium in which not only are we able to discern what is…[more]
No one ever feels small in life, explains Guy Finley, who hasn't first been fooled into believing that there is nothing bigger than those small thoughts and feelings through which…[more]
Guy Finley discusses the power of attention -- how problems are aggravated through the wrong use of attention and how we can stop animating our suffering by consciously withdrawing our…[more]
In order to change what we currently get from life, explains Guy Finley, we must first learn that we cannot separate our answers from our actions and our actions from…[more]
Guy Finley discusses how we can fulfill the promise and potential of our lives and realize true success through living the awakened life and by developing self-seeing in the present…[more]
The moment we understand, explains Guy Finley, that peace, happiness, and fearlessness are not found through our endless desires, we discover we are actually on the road to finding their…[more]
Guy Finley discusses the draining energy of negative imagination and how images drawn from our memories seem to validate our discouragement.
Any direction we take to get away from some misery, explains Guy Finley, is the continuation of that distress.
A special message from Guy Finley about how to make the holiday season better and brighter. Guy explains how it's possible to stop hurting ourselves and the world around us…[more]
As we begin to see, explains Guy Finley, that keeping company with fear, worry, and stress is actually what allows those negative states to remain firmly lodged in our hearts,…[more]
Now in everyone is sown -- into the center of his or her soul -- some love. Of this we may be certain, even though many people today seem counter-testimony…[more]
The first part of these new lessons in learning to live from your Higher Self and the prayer exercises that attend them is that the next time you feel yourself…[more]
In our quest to win freedom from the ties that bind, we spend most of our lives struggling to overcome vague foes that fade in and out, like the shadows…[more]
In this world that you and I live in, response is request. We can slightly enlarge this idea by restating it this way: The way you respond to life is…[more]
When we don't understand our negative states, when we have yet to realize how they trick us into doing their bidding, they have the power to make us jump through…[more]
True freedom, explains Guy Finley, is found through awareness that clinging to our past experience is all that holds us captive.
Instead of letting fear lead you off the path and into the dark, explains Guy Finley, remain true to your course and watch it disappear.
We must learn to detect and reject the old content of ourselves, explains Guy Finley, if we are to enjoy the true freedom that awaits us.
By transcending the thoughts that keep us a captive of our suffering, explains Guy Finley, we discover that we are already within a higher realm of understanding.
Guy Finley explains that choosing to bear, rather than reciprocate, the pain of others, is the only way to end the circle of suffering.
Seeing that thoughts do nothing more than keep us firmly entrenched in pyschic slumber, explains Guy Finley, is the first step to learning to live in the untroubled Now.
Choose not to let dark disturbances take hold of you, encourages Guy Finley, but to instead let them pass you by as you would any unwelcome guest.
Learning to question old, negative reactions and feelings, explains Guy Finley, is the first step to breaking out of their dark captivity.
Guy Finley explains that the only lasting way to change our experience in life is to change our own life-level. At last the secret of real change!
Those who choose, explains Guy Finley, to stay the course over staying in negative, painful places find themselves that much closer to True Freedom.
When we practice, explains Guy Finley, at not using our own thoughts to tell us what's happening in any given situation, we allow the circumstances of the event to be…[more]
Guy Finley discusses how to get past justifying weakness and negative states through awareness of our pained condition and surrendering ourselves to a higher strength.
Persistence and faith on our inner journeys, explains Guy Finley, will be rewarded with enough spiritual gold to last an eternity.
By changing the ingredients of our life recipe from false images and negativity to awareness and understanding, we discover a new sweetness in life.
The present moment, where our being and and our nature meet, is the instant of our destiny. But how to get there?
In this key lesson Guy Finley encourages us to see through the false nature that would keep us from moving forward through any uncertainty and doubt.
Guy Finley explains how by meeting unwanted moments with negativity we only serve to further cement the darkness within us.
Guy Finley sheds light on the understanding that the lies of negativity and darkness are only powered by our willingness to let them rule us.
In this lesson Guy Finley explains how we can either choose to get negative about other people's bad behavior (which doesn't help us), or we can choose a different kind…[more]
In this key lesson Guy Finley explains how the now is meant to always be new.
Guy explains how we can begin developing true fearlessness by refusing to follow the commands of the internal pressure that jumps in and immediately tells us what we must now…[more]
In this lesson, Guy Finley illustrates how we can begin to become aware of the unconscious chain of pain and conflict that we pass along to others when we are…[more]
Guy Finley shows that to win authentic spiritual strength one must see through the illusions he has mistaken for that strength.
Guy Finley shows how we can reclaim our natural internal energy by seeing where it is that we are currently wasting them.
Guy Finley addresses common questions on the topic of self-awareness.
Guy Finley shows how our experience of life is a direct result of who and what we are, and how we can begin today to bring about a new experience…[more]
The more you know, the farther you can see, so take as long as you need with the following Higher Lesson and allow yourself to see something new about the…[more]
Guy Finley shows you a whole new way to live that is free from the punishment of self-wrecking thoughts.
An excerpt from Seeker's Guide explaining how to break our relationship with negative states.
Guy Finley reveals the unknown treasures hidden in spritual stillness.
A writing by Guy Finley extracted from The Secret of Letting Go revealing the secrets of what it takes to take control of our lives.
Seeing through self-destructive anxiety.
Learn to see through any anxious condition of feeling overwhelmed.
Learn anger management, how to never again be tricked into feeling bad about anything!
Happiness is seeing all dark states as passing clouds, behind which sits The Sun!
There is no profit in blaming your lot in life on other people or an uncaring world. Escape the dark punishing captivity inherent in blame.
Learn why the most powerful tool for stress you have is True Silence!
It is in your power to be awake to the fearful voices that either project some doom or denouce you for making mistakes.
Learn to let go of any painful past condition!
Breaking out of old painful patterns, habits, and recuring problems.
Nurturing Love: How to be in True Relationship with another human being!
Selfless Living: How to Enter Into Perfect Communion Where God is Your Life!
Learn to Be A Self-Starting Individual Instead of a Self-Stalling One!
Learn how dark forces (devils) are always against you while Angelic forces (angels) are for you in every meaning of the word!
Meditation & Prayer can show you how to let go and know that Life is complete and so are you!
How to overthrow the addiction, the tyrant of dark domination!
How to see without judging others!
The real miracle of letting go.
The answers to all of life's questions can be found WITHIN you. Three ways to start asking the right questions.
Whatever dominates us in the moment is what is first in our lives and is useless thinking.
The psychology of knowing which of your own thoughts and feelings are your friends.
Learn how you can turn any unwanted moment into a stepping stone toward a higher level of self-command.
Going Beyond the Limitations of Thoughts
Discover ten powerful new ways to begin changing your view of your own life. Plus learn the one power greater than any disturbance.
Special Insights into Making a Fresh Start in Life
The Soul is created to transcend itself, beyond what we think possible
How To Defeat What's Defeating you
You Can Be Stronger Than Any Dark Spirit
Be Aware of the Content of Your Own Heart
Bring more light into your life by patient inner investigation.
How to be for yourself by being for the Truth.
How to deal with negative states.
Anticipation is a special kind of awareness where one is united with the spirit of what comes prior to its arrival
Understanding of the opposites is essential for your spiritual growth.
Take these steps to make fear and worry disappear
What is our purpose in life?
Allowing nothingness its life slays both the illusion of emptiness and the self so fearful of it.
If you serve only yourself you serve nothing. If you cling only to yourself you hold nothing.
Awake and See the Light
